An OCD saying i made up

[Softee]

Let's imagine our minds is a house, whilst a normal minds thoughts and images knock, OCD forces its way in and often burgles happiness and the sense of security.

But there is a father, who can restore the mind, faster than the blink of an eye.

Amen.

 

[jewellj]

This is weird but now i'm having ocd really bad for the past year,but before it was this bad it always seemed that there was a filter to keep the bad thoughts (really bad ones) out,and I don't understand where that filter went and why it's not there. I'm just praying God will reinstall that filter,maybe a better filter. Does this make any sense to anyone? Just wondered,i'm still struggling as u see my my threads I've posted. Paul Bunyan's thoughts finally went away without me reading the Grace abounding book. Why have mine been going on for 20 years?????

 

[gracealone]

To Softee,
Good insight. This is why OCD thoughts are called "intrusive" by professionals. They are unwanted intruders but the OCD mind is like a Venus fly trap. The OCD brain is not working properly, it's anxiety center is overstimulated so when the "fly" the intrusive thought enters into it, it clamps down on it and won't let go because it needs so badly to have something on which to feed. The person who doesn't have the OCD brain can just tell the fly to "Bug OFF!" and get on with life.
We have to learn to let the fly be there and just die a natural death... the more we swat at it the more irritating it becomes.
We need to learn to put the fly swatter down.
Mitzi

 

[gracealone]

To Jewell,
I can relate, as I've lived with anxiety disorders for more than 26 years. But just like Paul's thorn, for me God has allowed them to remain, though they wax and wane in their intensity. I still ask for healing but more than that I now ask for His will and that He would continue to glorify Himself in and through me. God deals with each of us as individuals. God may yet completely remove your disorder, but He may also choose to use it to make your life even more fitting for His feet as He has in mine.
I have often thanked Him for allowing my anxiety disorders to remain... but when I'm really going through a flare I still cry out for healing just as you are now.
Praying for you my friend.
Mitzi

 

[Softee]

@ gracealone

I was going to ask you how you keep your faith if you still suffer from anxiety disorders but you already answered me! Grace Alone!

God bless you!